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Residents who unknowingly harbour invasive species on their property will not be targeted under legislation tabled in the House of Assembly to curb the spread of pests on the island. Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, said the Invasive Alien Speci...

Information commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez has urged public authorities to “familiarise themselves” with the Public Access to Information Act and consult a code of practice when dealing with requests for records. The commissioner issued the reminde...

Plans to introduce fees for single-use plastics in the run-up to an outright ban could be scrapped, a policy paper has warned. The paper said that the Government had earlier pledged to introduce a charge for single-use plastics but the 2020 deadline ...

Proposals for massive five-figure fines and up to two years behind bars for people caught with illegal plants and animals have been slammed as excessive. One user wrote on Government forums: “Whilst a fine is plausible, the amount is unjust. Also imp...

A public consultation process on single-use plastics in a bid to abolish the product by next year is to be launched, the Government announced today. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said that the Government had pledged in 2018 to rid the isla...

The seas around Bermuda have already started to suffer from damage caused by climate change, an island researcher has warned. Nick Bates, a senior scientist and director of research at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science, said Bermuda’s waters had...

A solar farm at the airport could be operational soon, the Government said yesterday. Jeanne Nikolai, the Government’s director of energy, said the developers were “very close” to finishing the commissioning process. She added: “It could be as soon a...

The zoo at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo has been closed to the public to protect certain animals as a result of the spike in Covid-19 cases. A government statement said some species in the zoo were vulnerable to the virus and needed to be p...

The Government has been urged to take action to prevent a historic Devonshire home from falling into disrepair. Montpelier, a listed building owned by the Bermuda Government, had been the official residence of the Deputy Governor. But it has been emp...

Many acres of seagrass beds crucial for the survival of sea turtles and other marine life have “completely collapsed” over the last four years, according to a leading environmental group. The Bermuda Turtle Project says “immediate changes” are neede...